塵世

See also: 尘世

Chinese

		dust; dirt; earth	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (塵世)		塵	世
simp. (尘世)		尘	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénshì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀n-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): tîn-sè / tîn-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: chénshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    塵世／尘世
    塵事／尘事
    臣事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: can⁴ sai³
  - Yale: chàhn sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ sei³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀n-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciinˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin² si⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰɨn¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tîn-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dinsex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³⁻³³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-sì
  - Tâi-lô: tîn-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dinsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³⁻²² ɕi²¹/

Noun

塵世

the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

世間／世间 (shìjiān)
人世 (rénshì)
人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
人間／人间 (rénjiān)

人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
俗世 (súshì)
塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

Derived terms

塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (塵世):

→ Japanese: 塵 (じん)世 (せい) (jinsei)
→ Vietnamese: trần thế (塵世)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
塵	世
じん Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 塵世 (ɖˠiɪn ɕiᴇi^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) じんせー [jìńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

塵世 (hiragana じんせい, rōmaji jinsei, historical hiragana ぢんせい)

the human world

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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